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ACHEMA 2024, Hall 3.0, Stand H4: Welcome to the Pharma OSD Future Factory. Glatt demonstrates seamless containment and fully digitalised, automated pharmaceutical production to be realised with an integrated concept. Glatt experts will show their expertise in the integration of hardware and software functions into advanced, holistic automation systems, ranging from MES and DCS/SCADA to robot and AGV systems.

Straubing/Germany, December 2023 – Weimar based Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH will be responsible for the Detail engineering and delivery of integrated process technology for the multipurpose BioCampus MultiPilot (BMP) demonstration facility in the port of Straubing-Sand. The flexible platform, to be used to scale-up and commercialise innovative biotech processes and sustainable products, will enable start-ups, research groups and industrial companies to further develop, test scale up and optimise their biotechnological processes to pre-industrial scale, validate their economic viability and produce material samples.

Using completely new technology, pigment specialists at Merck and Glatt Ingenieurtechnik’s technology and production experts have worked closely together to produce an innovative range of cosmetic pigments. The Darmstadt-based Merck Group placed an order for the development and construction of a plant based on chemical vapour deposition (CVD) after successful joint trials at Glatt’s location in Weimar. We interview the partner companies about the cooperation and the project.

The State Development Corporation of Thuringia (LEG) launched its new marketing campaign “Hidden Champions – Thuringia’s world market and technology leaders” with a kick-off event on 3 March 2023. They didn’t have to look far to identify 89 companies that are at the forefront of the market in their industry. Among them is Glatt in its capacity as a leading specialist for plant engineering and processes in fluid bed and spouted bed technology as well as the patented powder synthesis.

On January 13, 2023, the Prime Minister of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow, visited us in Weimar's Nordstraße. During the tour of the site, the Minister President was given an impressive insight into our plant technology and the range of services we offer. During a tour of the company buildings, he personally informed himself with some employees about their work tasks in projects. He then paid tribute to our technological expertise and our broad positioning in many industrial sectors, which is certainly unparalleled in Thuringia.

August 2022 – National Science and Technology Development Agency Thailand (NSTDA) is implementing the Government initiative Thailand 4.0 with regard to strategic biotechnology growth hub at Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi) in Thailand. One part of the new BIOPOLIS complex is the GMP Biorefinery Pilot Plant at EECi, for which German engineering company Glatt Ingenieurtechnik was selected to provide the engineering services. The contract between NSTDA and Glatt comprises Conceptual and Basic Design phase for the GMP Biorefinery.

Weimar, Germany, March 2022: Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH (Weimar, Germany) will be responsible for the Basic Engineering of the process technology for the multipurpose BioCampus MultiPilot (BMP) plant on behalf of BioCampus Straubing GmbH. Here, at the Straubing-Sand port, customers will be able to develop, test, optimize and scale-up industrial biotechnology processes, validate their economic viability and manufacture samples.

Plant manufacturer and process expert, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik, from Weimar, Germany, has developed a seamless cleanroom washing area that has already successfully passed practical tests at both the company’s own technology center and customer sites. New innovative wash station can easily be integrated into cleanrooms and, thanks to its seamless design, is durable and particularly easy to clean.

Containment should be considered in pharmaceutical industry projects from the very beginning. As little as possible, as much as necessary" - When highly active ingredients are processed into tablets or capsules, the question immediately arises as to which strategy is best to avoid cross-contamination or risks to personnel. With individualized solutions and coordinated process chains, the member companies of Excellence United have set themselves the goal of achieving containment economically.

On June 14, 2021, the VORSPRUNG business award was presented for the second time. This year, the business prize 'VORSPRUNG' went to the Weimar company Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, along with 4 other prize winners from other federal states. The Thuringian Minister of Economics, Wolfgang Tiefensee, acted as laudator for the prize winner.

In its current issue, the eastern German business magazine WIRTSCHAFT+MARKT presents 150 of the most innovative eastern German companies from seven sectors. These include mechanical engineering, the mobility sector, the IT and digital economy, energy and environmental technology, the healthcare industry, the chemical and plastics industry, and the food and agricultural industry.

June 2016 - Technology transfer in biotechnology. Biopharmaceutical companies operating successfully in Europe cannot simply relocate production to Asia. In addition to the actual manufacturing process, the microbiological organism, the patent and approval status as well as the compatibility with the dosage form of the drug and its status also play a decisive role. A field report from the perspective of an engineering and plant construction company.

November 2015: Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH opens a new pharmaceutical engineering branch in Dresden in January 2016. The Glatt Process & Plant Engineering division is thus strengthening its expertise in the fields of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and active ingredient plants at the Glatt Group's existing site. Among others, a number of experienced pharmaceutical specialists from a major plant engineering company have been recruited for this purpose.